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Rape victim "named"

North Wales Police are investigating reports that the woman raped by footballer Ched Evans has been named and abused on a social networking site. Evans was jailed for five years after a jury heard the victim was "too drunk" to consent to sex.

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Rape Tweets

Nine people have been released on bail over the naming of Sheffield United striker Ched Evans' rape victim on Twitter.

Five men and four women from Wales have been bailed until July. They were arrested on suspicion of malicious communication or under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Amendments Act, or on suspicion of both.

Three men from Sheffield were arrested and released last week.

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